Blazing the Small Business Trail

Blazing the Small Business Trail

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Maryanne M. Mowen, an associate professor of accounting at
Oklahoma State University, specializes in cost and managerial
accounting. A true advocate for the advancement of women in
business, she has long mentored young women and helped them develop
skills needed for success in business.

Another state accounting instructor, Barbara C. Cuite, has earned
a reputation for advancing the causes of small businesses while
running her own.

Both women now bask in the glow of state accolades.
Maryanne earned her way through college by means of merit
scholarships, loans and jobs. Graduating in just three years,
Maryanne began her teaching career in Colorado Springs. She later
earned a master's and a Ph.D. in economics from Arizona State
University. In 1978, Maryanne moved to Stillwater to join the OSU
College of Business Administration. She was soon asked to join the
accounting faculty as an assistant professor. Maryanne passed the
certificate in management accounting exam with a certificate of
distinguished performance (an honor given to only the nation's top
eight scores.)
Since that time, she has taught nearly 5,000 students, and co-
authored two textbooks in managerial and cost accounting used by
more
than 100 universities around the world. In addition, Maryanne works
as a scholastic and computer adviser, serves on OSU's athletic
council and spearheads the OSU Title IX compliance plan.
For all those reasons and more, Mowen was named the Oklahoma Women
in Business Advocate of the Year. She will join Ron Walker, chosen
Oklahoma Small Business Person of the Year, and Cuite, the
Accountant
Advocate of the Year, in an award ceremony June 10 at the Metro Tech
Conference Center. …